Diverse functions of distal regulatory elements at the IFNG locus

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1726-1733

  Collins, Patrick L ^a   Henderson, Melodie A ^a   Aune, Thomas M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IFNG GENE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84856913512     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102879     Document Type: Article

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